Forename Penda

Worldwide, Penda (Penda , 彭达 , Пенда ) is quite a common gender-neutral given name. The given name Penda is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Namibia, where it is quite a common masculine name, Gambia, where it is quite a common girly name, and Senegal, where it is quite a common mostly feminine, but seldom masculine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Senegal, Cameroon, and Nigeria. Likewise, Penda is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Penda

name Pènda, name Pënda, name Penda, name 彭达, name Пэнда, name Mpenzi, name Upenzi, name Pénda, name Pęñđą, name Пенда, name Upendo

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Penda	Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, India, Namibia
彭达	China
Пенда	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Mpenzi, Pènda, Pénda, Pënda, Pęñđą, Upendo, Upenzi, and Пэнда

Notable namesakes

	penda mbow Historian, an activist, and a Senegalese politician., SN (b. 1955)
	penda diouf French actress, FR (b. 1981)
	penda ya ndakolo Namibian politician, NA (b. 1960)
	penda diakité Malian-American visual artist (b. 1976)
	penda suso researcher
	penda hair American activist, US
	penda diallo Guinean politician, GN
	penda sy basketball player, FR (b. 1984)
	penda faal Norwegian actor (b. 1988)
	biram fatim penda
	penda n'diaye SN
	penda sylla French-Senegalese handball player, FR (b. 1990)
	penda diongue
	penda ly Miss Universe 2012 contestant, SN (b. 1991)
	penda sow Senegalese association football player, SN (b. 1992)